dessert wine
dessert wine — noun
1. a wine that tastes sweet, made from grapes with a high sugar content or by addin
a wine that tastes sweet, made from grapes with a high sugar content or by adding extra alcohol, and that people usually drink during or just after the sweet course of a meal
Mira chose a Portuguese dessert wine to go with her chocolate cake.
collocation: choose + dessert wine
Baraka prefers dry red wine, but his wife enjoys sweet dessert wines after dinner.
contrast with dry wine signals sweetness
This dessert wine from the late-harvest grapes tastes like honey and dried apricots.
Asher asked the waiter to recommend a good dessert wine for the birthday celebration.
After the main course, the host brought out a bottle of chilled dessert wine.
Kasia served a light dessert wine with the fruit tart at her dinner party.
Lakan and his friends shared a small glass of dessert wine after their meal.
A small glass of chilled dessert wine is a perfect way to end a meal.
- sweet wine
broader term; includes wines that are sweet but not necessarily intended for dessert
- fortified wine
a type of dessert wine with added alcohol, such as Port or Sherry; not all dessert wines are fortified
- after-dinner wine
focuses on timing rather than sweetness; slightly informal
- dry wine
wine with very little or no sweetness
文法句型
dessert wine (uncountable, the drink in general)
a dessert wine (countable, a particular type or brand)
用法筆記
Uncountable when referring to the drink in general ('I love dessert wine'). Countable when referring to a particular type or brand ('They sell three dessert wines from Austria'). Dessert wines are typically made from high-sugar grapes (late-harvest, ice wine) or fortified with extra alcohol (Port, Sherry), and are traditionally served with or after the sweet course of a meal.